Charlotte’s Web.
"It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn't catch the remark because I wasn't paying attention": First Edition of E.B. White’s Beloved Classic Charlotte’s Web; Inscribed by Him
Charlotte’s Web.
WHITE, E.B.; Illustrated by Garth Williams.
Item Number: 127196
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952.
First edition, first printing of E.B. White’s classic tale of friendship with the code “I-B” on the copyright page. Octavo, original cloth, blue and white spider-web patterned endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Jane Brauzel Congratulations and best wishes E.B. White.” Illustrated by Garth Williams. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some light rubbing to the extremities. Rare signed and inscribed.
The most celebrated of White’s three children’s books, "Charlotte’s Web is rightly regarded as a modern classic" (Connolly, 322-23). With numerous illustrations by Garth Williams. Anderson, Books of the Century, 210.
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